Milton v. Missouri Dairy Co.

This suit was on a petition in two counts, the first of which asked actual and punitive damages for false imprisonment, the second sought similar damages for malicious prosecution.

The suit grew out of the following facts: Plaintiff, Milton, and two others named Brown and Sebastian were employed at a barn maintained by defendant, the Missouri Dairy Company. At this barn the horses of both defendants were kept pursuant to an arrangement whereby the expense of feed for the horses was prorated between them in accordance with the number of horses maintained by each.

Some one reported to Chapman,…